Projectile.



A. B. WARING.

PROJECTILE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 17. 1915.

Patented July 25, 191%.

ATTORNEY OFFICE.

ARTHUR B WARING, on NEW YORK, n. Y.

PBOJECTILE.

Application filed May 17, 1915. Serial No. 28,526.

'10 alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR B. VVARING, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Projectiles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to projectiles and it has for one of its objects to provide a projectile or an attachment therefor that shall be particularly adapted for the purpose of cutting and destroying fortification entanglements, of barbed wire or the like.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be set forth hereinafter, and in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood 1 will now proceed to describe the same in the following specification and then point out the novel features thereof in appended claim.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the outer end of a gun or cannon showing a projectile arranged and constructed in accordance with my invention, in position to be discharged therefrom. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same projectile. A modified structure which also embodies my invention and in which the projectile is made in two independent parts, one constituting a carrier for the other, is shown in Fig. 3. Fig. l corresponds to Figs. 1 and 3 and illustrates still another modification of my invention.

In Fig. 1, 10 represents a gun and 11 the body of the projectile. The projectile may be of any suitable form and as shown has the general form of a cylinder with a blunt pointed end 12. The projectile body 11 has a central opening 11 in its front end which forms a socket to receive a rod or bar 15 which extends beyond the muzzle of the gun. Secured to the outer end of the bar is a frame composed of a plurality of inclined arms 16 which converge to a point like a spear and the outer surfaces of which are saw toothed as shown at 17. In addition to the inclined arms the frame comprises a supporting ring 18 which interconnects the outer ends of the arms and a conical block 19 on which the inner ends of the arms are mounted. The block .19 is afliXed to the outer end of the rod 15. The structure constitutes a mighty spear of larger diameter than the bore of the gun which may be hurled at the enemy and is particularly designed to cut away barbed wire entanglements which are very troublesome and dangerous, being frequently charged with high voltage electric energy.

In the modification of Fig. 3 the projectile proper acts as a carrier and picks up the cutting spear as it leaves the muzzle of the gun. In this arrangement the spear head comprises a central socket 20 which has a ring-shaped body 21 with a tapered bore and heavy resilient projections 22 partially closing the front end of the ring, and outwardly extending arms 23 which correspond to the arms 16 and are rigidly attached to the ring 21. The spear head is adapted to be picked up by the projectile as it leaves the muzzle of the gun and carried to the target. The ring is shaped to wedge itself into the projectile body and the resilient projections are for the purpose of preventing injury to the spear head as it is picked up by the projectile.

Referring to Fig. 4C, the spear-attachment is similar to that of Fig. l and corresponding parts are designated by the same reference characters. The inner end of the rod 15 however, instead of being set into a socket 1 in the projectile, is tapered and is adapted to be engaged by the projectile which has a tapered opening 2%. The intention is that the pointed end of the rod shall be loosely started into the taper opening in the 'pro jectile at the time the gun is discharged. The projectile as it advances will then force the engaging parts firmly together and carry the spear attachment out with it. Instead of having the rod 15 secured to the projectile, it may be found desirable to have its inner end revolubly seated in a socket in the projectile in order to permitthe projectile body to follow the rifiing of the gun and rotate at high speed without necessarily causing the spear attachment which is relatively large rotation imparted to the spear head being due merely to the friction of the bearing between the two loosely connected parts.

It is evident that the structure of my invention may be Varied without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and I intend that only imposed as are indicated in the appen claim.

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The combination of a projectile body adapted to be discharged from a rifle, and a separate projectile rider arranged to be dis- 5 posed beyond the muzzle of the rifle before the rifle is discharged, said rider comprising a ring-shaped body and contracting resilient projections extending forwardly and in- Wardly therefrom, adapted to be wedged 10 onto the projectile body and propelled with it, and a plurality of symmetrically disposed inclined arms extending outwardly and backwardly from the ring and rigidly affixed thereto, said arms having saw toothed V edges, and means for rigidly interconnecting 15 said arms at points back of said ring.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 14 day of May, 1915.

ARTHUR 'B. WARING. 

